I watch actors destroy themselves by trying to get it right.

Quote by Frank Langella

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There is no right in acting.

There is no right in acting.

I'd always felt a man should marry later in life.

I'd always felt a man should marry later in life.

What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work,...

What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work,...

Then, for a hot three or four weeks I wanted to be a concert pianist.

Then, for a hot three or four weeks I wanted to be a concert pianist.

I'm hardly a saint.

I'm hardly a saint.

I'm a firm believer in absolute honesty.

I'm a firm believer in absolute honesty.

The best kind of kinky sex is to have kinky sex with your wife or...

The best kind of kinky sex is to have kinky sex with your wife or...

I have always felt the basis of everything in life is sexual, and I will...

I have always felt the basis of everything in life is sexual, and I will...

I just feel that no matter what comes in a career - and mine has...

I just feel that no matter what comes in a career - and mine has...

I'm hardly disinterested totally in my appearance.

I'm hardly disinterested totally in my appearance.

Revelations come when you're in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger...

Revelations come when you're in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger...

And the test for any actor is whether you stay at the table or go...

And the test for any actor is whether you stay at the table or go...

I grew up in a household where everybody lived at the top of his lungs.

I grew up in a household where everybody lived at the top of his lungs.

The only thing you have then to believe in is your craft.

The only thing you have then to believe in is your craft.

I always signed autographs when I could and always stayed and chatted with them when...

I always signed autographs when I could and always stayed and chatted with them when...

But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting.

But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting.

Each of us needs something - food, liquor, pot, whatever - to help us survive....

Each of us needs something - food, liquor, pot, whatever - to help us survive....

My body of work means nothing to me.

My body of work means nothing to me.

You start acting in spite of your neuroses, not because of them.

You start acting in spite of your neuroses, not because of them.

However, I don't by any means suggest that I'm always playing myself.

However, I don't by any means suggest that I'm always playing myself.